Introduction: So just what is ICAST like? One word, madness. Over the
course of three days we probably get a total of six to eight hours of sleep and
its probably close to that for a lot of the Manufacturers and Pros, add a little
Vegas into the equation and again.... madness. But there is a method to this
madness and that is to bring everyone in the industry together to write orders,
get information out to anglers and help set the tone for the coming season.

We
never get to meet with everyone we want to, there simply isn't enough time. This
year we met with over 50 manufacturers trying to cover the most exciting product
and inevitably there was someone and something we missed we would have liked to
cover. We take a quick break from our ongoing report from the show to show a
couple behind the scenes images from the event.

ICAST is a great place to
catch up with the Pros and get their take on the season and the baits and
techniques that they employed throughout the year

John at Shimano kicks off a press
conference to introduce the new Waxwing system

The press crams into the booth in
advance of the G.Loomis NRX unveiling

Zander tests the sensitivity of
the NRX bass rods with Justin Poe, Brand Manager at G.Loomis

Skeet talks about the launch of
his own reels and rods

We catch up with Brent Ehrler who
is holding some top secret new baits he plans on using on tour next week

Byron Velvick highlights the new
Koppers offerings

Randy McAbee talks cranking with
his new Basstar Big Mac

Getting the shot with Andrew at
Pure Fishing

Bub shows us the final version of
his sweet new frog... Zander tried to walk away with it